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US speeds up permit process for oil and gas exploration on federal land

8:19 AM ET Mon, 10 July 2017

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis, reports that U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order to hold more lease sales and issues roughly 2,000 permits to allow access to the nation's public lands to benefit the oil and gas industry.